Hello planters,<\/p>\n
Are you doing what God wants?<\/p>\n
Be faithful & courageous,<\/p>\n
Peter Roennfeldt<\/p>\n
CHURCH PLANTING NEWS \u2013 9 Mar10 (check out www.newchurchlife.com)
\nStories & news<\/p>\n
Over 100 attend church planting summit in Western Australia: In 2006 the leaders of Western Australia\u2019s Adventists organized the first \u2018church planting summit\u2019 with about 15 people attending \u2013 with 4 or 5 potential church planting teams. Each year support seminars have been conducted \u2013 along with an annual \u2018summit.\u2019 In 2009 approximately 45 attended the \u2018summit\u2019 \u2013 with all encouraged to return with others. Last weekend (Feb 26 – Mar 1) over 100 church planters and others seeking resources came to exchange stories, pray, worship and review principles for planting house churches, caf\u00e9 churches, or community churches. Leader of Adventists in Western Australia, Glenn Townend, says, \u2018I have the vision of the church being a movement again \u2013 and that can only happen if we are a church planting movement!\u2019<\/p>\n
New plant helps at \u2018blue light disco\u2019: When looking for a venue to gather a new church plant in Joondalup, on the northern beaches of Perth, David Butler-White and Gillian Michel met organizers of a \u2018blue light (police) disco\u2019. They casually asked whether they could help \u2013 thinking maybe they could help with set-up. They were told, \u2018We need staff helpers!\u2019 When they asked what that could mean, they were told that they could be there as helpers to meet the kids who come. The mission of their new church plant is \u2018reach out \u2013 reach up \u2013 reach across\u2019, and they sense that the Holy Spirit has opened a great opportunity for they to connect with where he is working in the community.<\/p>\n
House Church \u2013 brings spiritual growth! Although fully involved in established churches, two years ago Sandi and David Maxwell faced the reality that their unchurched friends were not going to connect to God in these situations. So they started a house church in their home with their own family \u2013 and quickly observed spiritual growth in themselves and their teenage girls. Each week they start with a meal (Sat lunch) \u2013 and then spend about 3 hours in fellowship. They have learnt to include children, their unchurched friends \u2013 and see that simple fellowship around food opens the hearts of their friends to spiritual discussions. In Western Australia their Adventist denomination has appointed a pastor, Peter Fowler, to affirm and cultivate house churches. \u2018We really appreciate having Peter to encourage, share ideas with,\u2019 say Sandi & David. \u2018He provides a link to established churches.\u2019<\/p>\n
Church Plant Keeps Multiplying: Five years ago the Koondoola church of All Nations was planted \u2013 with John Horvath as their planter and pastor. From Koondoola new believers \u2018hived off\u2019 to Queens Park to plant another new church, and then another group planted a third church into Maddington. John is now cultivating another church plant into Rivervale. Preparation for this plant has been a \u2018kid\u2019s club\u2019 in nearby Belmont \u2013 and a breakfast club in Rivervale. Also Abby Aviles, now the planter pastor working with Koondoola and the established in Morley, has fostered a \u20183H club\u2019 (happy, healthy, holy) for kids in Belmont. Now Abby with his churches are planting into the suburb of Ellenbrook – as well as supporting a new Pilipino church.<\/p>\n
Kojanup Church replaces Bible class with Kid\u2019s Club: Few of their friends ever attended their church in the Western Australian wheat-belt town. One couple living in the town suggested to other members who came in from the country that they all start a children\u2019s club \u2013 in place of their usually adult Bible class. All agreed \u2013 and on their first day seven community families attended with 21 children!<\/p>\n
Conversational Prayer idea from Planting Summit changes life! One participant at the Western Australian Church Planting Summit has written: \u2018I’ve got to tell you \u2026 We’ve introduced this new prayer style into our family worship and the kids love the interaction in prayer \u2013 and we’re just getting more real and deeper with God than we have before.\u2019 Being a teacher at a Christian school, this participants says, \u2018\u2026 this morning I introduced it in our worship time with the staff and everyone noticed the difference. Not only with the staff, but in my Bible time with the kids, I noticed that the non-Christians felt more comfortable \u2026 Wow, I never thought that prayer could be this fun!\u2019<\/p>\n
Resources, websites & equipping<\/p>\n
God\u2019s Kingdom Growth Conference – Saturday, March 20 (2.00-6.30 pm) @ the Dandenong Adventist Church (TRANSLATED ENGLISH TO POLISH): Dialogue with Peter Roennfeldt on \u2026
\nThe six-steps in \u2018church formation\u2019 (gathering)!
\nA case-study in church planting (Acts 11)
\nMultiplying like Ephesus (Acts 19)
\nWhat it would mean to be a \u2018planting hub\u2019? What can a hub look like? How would we skill and release others? What do we learn from families?
\nFor more information write to – peter@newchurchlife.com.<\/p>\n
Adventist Fresh Expressions Conference – May 2-8, 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) with Monte Sahlin and Peter Roennfeldt: Andrew and Mayda Clark will host the event at their church plant and community service project in Pittsburgh. You will be able to worship with their PULSE congregation on Saturday and tour the many projects they have completed in the Carnegie neighborhood\u2014housing rehabilitation, a community park, small-business development, eradicating hunger in the community, help for teens and young adults, community organizing, etc. This is one of the most innovative outreaches in America today\u2014the Pittsburgh Metro Initiative. For details on registration, fees, accommodation etc write to \u2013
\nMonte Sahlin: msahlin@creativeministry.org
\nWilliam Peterson: wpeterson@paconference.org . This event is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.<\/p>\n
Interesting! When asked what the \u2018sign\u2019 of his second coming would be, along with wars and famines Jesus mentioned earthquakes as \u2018the beginning of birth pains\u2019 for the world (Matthew 24:7). Check this from the US Geological Survey – http:\/\/www.thehorizonproject.com\/earthquakes.cfm<\/p>\n
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